• LAWRENCE: Police blotter

       About 15 fleece blankets, valued at $346.33, were reported stolen from a sales bin outside the Jo-Ann Fabrics shop at the Mercer Mall at 6:48 p.m. Sept. 22. A witness told police that she saw a man and a woman take the blankets, get into a car and leave.    Mark Pasowski, 26, of Lawrence Road,…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Flu shot clinics scheduled

       Four flu vaccinations in October and November have been scheduled for Hillsborough Township and Millstone Borough residents age 18 years and older.    Clinics will be held at the Peter J. Biondi municipal building on the following dates:    • Tuesday, Oct. 2, 1 to 4 p.m.    • Thursday, Oct. 4, 5 to 7:30 p.m.    • Thursday, Oct. 11, 5…

  • LAWRENCE: Fireworks show fundraising underway

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Lawrence Township’s annual Fourth of July fireworks show is 10 months away, but backers of the show are on their way toward their fundraising goal of $30,000.    Those fundraising efforts began even before the last fireworks shell had exploded, said Steven Groeger, township superintendent of recreation. Volunteers began accepting donations…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Sept. 27

    Garden club to hear about bonsai tips    Thursday, Sept. 27 — At the Station House in Neshanic Station, the Neshanic Garden Club will hear about bonsai from hobbyist Bob Castronovo. He will also have a sale table. Meeting at 10 a.m.; program at 11 a.m. Lug a mug to a light luncheon at noon. Prospective…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: School board wants input on drug test policy

       The Hillsborough Township Board of Education is reviewing the district’s pupil random drug testing policy. Community input on this policy is essential to the review process.    The Board of Education has set up a two-minute survey available on the district website at www.htps.us//cms/module/selectsurvey/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=272. The Board of Education would like to hear from parents, community members,…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Revolution at heart of campaign

    HILLSBOROUGH: Revolution at heart of campaign

    Boots and blue jeans are the work uniform for Patrick McKnight, a Hillsborough man who is the Libertarian Party candidate for Congress in the 7th District.  Staff photo by Gene Robbins

  • LAWRENCE: Drug, alcohol center back before board

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    A controversial use variance application to locate a residential drug and alcohol detoxification center in an office park at 100 Federal City Road, which was denied by the Zoning Board of Adjustment in 2011, will be reconsidered by the board on Oct. 17.    A use variance is needed because a…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: New options eyed in Windsor warehouse zone

    By David Kilby, Special Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — The Planning Board last week gave the nod to proposed land use code revisions designed to attract more types of “pedestrian scale” commercial development in the Windsor Industrial Park off Route 130.    The township’s Office Warehouse Light Manufacturing District zone, which includes about a dozen parcels in the…

  • ALLENTOWN: Reading milestone celebrated at Newell

    ALLENTOWN: Reading milestone celebrated at Newell

    Newell Elementary School Principal Kelly Huggins congratulates first-grader Tommy Kulpa, the top reader in last year’s kindergarten class. Staff photo by Joanne Degnan

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